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Amanda Rhoades

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1,500 mink escape from Oregon farm after 'deeply unsettling' late night break-in

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By Amanda Rhoades Verified
| MSN Verified
PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) — About 1,500 mink escaped from an Oregon farm overnight on Wednesday. The animals were intentionally let loose after a suspected intruder intentionally cut open a section of fence at Cascade Farm in Turner, Oregon late at night on Wednesday. The hole was discovered Thursday morning. Parent sues Portland Public Schools over ‘introduction to trans ideology' “This wasn't activism.
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1,500 mink escape from Oregon farm after ‘deeply unsettling’ late night break-in

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By Amanda Rhoades Verified
| KOIN-TV (Portland, OR) Verified
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — About 1,500 mink escaped from an Oregon farm overnight on Wednesday. The animals were intentionally let loose after a suspected intruder intentionally cut open a section of fence at Cascade Farm in Turner, Oregon late at night on Wednesday. The hole was discovered Thursday morning. “This wasn’t activism.
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Oregon group home employee who sexually abused special needs individual sentenced

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By Amanda Rhoades Verified
| KOIN-TV (Portland, OR) Verified
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Polk County man has been sentenced to six years and three months in prison for sex crimes involving a special needs person under his care. Chance William Grooms, 25, was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to first-degree sexual abuse. As part of the agreement with prosecutors, his other charge was dropped.
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How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email, email, email.

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

My high school actually did not have a newspaper, but I did spend a little time shooting photos for the yearbook.

When's the best time to pitch you?

Anytime after I've eaten, really.

Awards

San Diego Press Club Excellence in Journalism

2015 - Business/Financial News (Non-Daily Newspapers)

San Diego Press Club Excellence in Journalism

2014 - Opinion Writing (College Media)